FJ20 T18 to CJ5 swap
Tommy
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- 1981 CJ5 258 I6 engine, T18A Transmission, Dana 20 Transfer case, AMC 20 rear end, Dana 30 up front.
I currently have a 1981 CJ5 with a T-15 3speed attached to a Dana 20 Transfer Case all behind an I6 AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l . I just purchased a T-18 from a mid 70's J20 that had a V8. It has the granny low (turned the input shaft about 61/4 turns to get the output to turn once) but the input shaft is 13" compared to the roughly 7" shaft I currently have. Would it be possible and advisable to take the input shafts out of both and have a machine shop cut the longer shaft down, recut the splines etc., to the same dimensions as the shorter one so the bellhousing, clutch, shifting levers etc. all remain the same. Not that I am trying to make the job easier, but I'm a little reluctant to move everything back 6 inches since the rear drive shaft is fairly short as it is. I've read articles about putting a Ford T-18 input shaft in but this seemed to me to be a little more straight forward without changing to much.
Thanks for any help here.
Tommy
Thanks for any help here.
Tommy